Lightstorm3D ships L3Deformer bundle for Maya

Price for hotly tipped tools fixed at €149. Windows-only so far, but OS X and Linux versions in the works.

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Lightstorm3D to release new Maya deformers

Check out videos of the upcoming L3Deformer package, for everything from shrink wrapping to high viscosity liquid surfaces.

Friday, May 13th, 2011

Videos: see new features in V-Ray 2.0 for Maya

Check out GPU accleration, the new car paint shader and Ptex workflow in the new version of the renderer, released today.

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Beta test Carbon Scatter for Maya or Cinema 4D

e-on software calls for volunteers to test upcoming ports of its new instancing plug-in.

Wednesday, April 27th, 2011

Chaos Group announces beta of V-Ray for Maya 2.0

Free beta program brings GPU-accelerated rendering to Maya users. Full release later this month.

Monday, April 4th, 2011

Chaos Group reveals V-Ray 2.0 for Maya tour dates

Live in the US or Canada? Come and get a sneak peak at the new renderer later this month.

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Joe Alter to ship corrective sculpting plug-in for Maya

Shave and a Haircut veteran releases free beta of LipService hybrid sculpting/animation tool.

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011

Videos: Autodesk reveals new features in Maya 2012

New version gets improved viewport, node-based render set-up, PhysX, DMM, better fluids, new motion trails.

Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

Tech preview: new animation features in Maya

New Autodesk teaser video shows motion trails and timing beads to control animation in the viewport.

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

Q&A: Alex Sandri, Maya/mental ray guru

He spent ten years hunting bugs in the Maya/mental ray pipeline ­- but his new online masterclass will spare you that pain.

Thursday, January 27th, 2011

Tutorial: Global Illumination Texture Baking & Lightmapping in Maya

How to bake global illumination and ambient occlusion to textures in Maya.

Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

New OnLive demo shows Maya running on an iPad

Games streaming service broadens horizons to serve 3D software to mobile devices over the cloud.

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

ZSwitcher: use Maya shortcuts inside ZBrush

Now shipping: new dRaster plug-in enables users to adopt Maya and Mudbox workflow in ZBrush.

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010